I think the main point is that if they were to make the wight-dragon breathe ice, it would go against the established parameters of what being a wight means. As of now, the rules are "you are a living thing (human, giant, horse, bear, etc), you get killed and become a dead thing (human, giant, horse, bear, etc), a White Walker turns you into a wight, you're still your original thing (human, giant, horse, bear, etc) with no new abilities but now under the control of the White Walkers." Viserion being able to breathe ice instead of fire would change that formula.

DannyFanny wrote:Source of the post It's what the wights actually used to pull the dragon out of the lake.

*wights struggling to pull dragon out of ice lake**truck pulls up**Mustachioed man in coveralls rolls down window*"You boys need a hand?**Hooks up chains to truck**Voiceover guy*"That's the power for the Ferd F-teenthousand"

wags83 wrote:Source of the post *wights struggling to pull dragon out of ice lake**truck pulls up**Mustachioed man in coveralls rolls down window*"You boys need a hand?**Hooks up chains to truck**Voiceover guy*"That's the power for the Ferd F-teenthousand"

wags83 wrote:Source of the post I think the main point is that if they were to make the wight-dragon breathe ice, it would go against the established parameters of what being a wight means. As of now, the rules are "you are a living thing (human, giant, horse, bear, etc), you get killed and become a dead thing (human, giant, horse, bear, etc), a White Walker turns you into a wight, you're still your original thing (human, giant, horse, bear, etc) with no new abilities but now under the control of the White Walkers." Viserion being able to breathe ice instead of fire would change that formula.

White Dragon is bad news. The Night King touches the babies to turn them into Whites in the earlier seasons. At Hardhome he only had to raise his hands to turn the dead to wights. Maybe the dragon is White and can turn others just by touching?